error 55 object does not support the property or method 'paths'

[cafefatbear]

hi!

I want to insert an image into a rectangle made of JavaScript fan tools.

var i = 0;
for (var p = 1; p <= myPages.length - 1; p++) {
for (var n = 1; n <= 1; n++) {
  if (i <= myOutGroupPics1.length - 1) {
     myPages[p].pahts -> What should I change this place to?
    .item("myOutGroup" + n)
    .place(File(myOutGroupFolder1 + "/" + myOutGroupPics1[i].name));
    i++;
   }
 }
}

[Sunil Yadav]

I am unsure what you are storing in myOutGroupPics1.

Just to place an Image file into an already made rectangle you can do this like this:

var myImagFile = File("~/Desktop/Untitled.png");
var myRectangle = app.documents[0].pages[0].rectangles[0];
myRectangle.place(myImagFile);
myRectangle.fit(FitOptions.CONTENT_TO_FRAME);

Best

Sunil

[Manan Joshi · Accepted solution]

Hi @cafefatbear 

It seems this thread is also related to the one we discussed here, if it is then I suppose you have your answer, and if you say I can merge this thread with the other one.

-Manan

[jeroen358946423v9n]

Hello i do not know where to put my question but I also got an error 55. In the below script for automating import images from a folder to pages in indesign i have this line "var page = doc.pages[pageNumber - 1]; "

in my code that gives me an error. my .csv has 2 columns. one with titles and one with numbers 1 till 7

Kind regards jeroen

var csvFilePath = "datasheet.csv";
var imageFolderPath = "OUTPUTFOLDER";

var csvFile = File(csvFilePath);
csvFile.open("r");
var csvData = csvFile.read();
csvFile.close();

var csvRows = csvData.split("\n");

for (var i = 0; i < csvRows.length; i++) {
var rowData = csvRows[i].split(","); 

var fileName = rowData[0]; 
var pageNumber = parseInt(rowData[1]); 

var doc = app.activeDocument;
var page = doc.pages[pageNumber - 1]; 
var imageFile = File(imageFolderPath + "/" + fileName);

if (imageFile.exists) {
var imageFrame = page.rectangles.add(); 
imageFrame.place(imageFile); 
imageFrame.fit(FitOptions.PROPORTIONALLY); 

var textFrame = page.textFrames.add();
textFrame.contents = fileName;
textFrame.geometricBounds = [imageFrame.geometricBounds[2], imageFrame.geometricBounds[1], imageFrame.geometricBounds[2] + 20, imageFrame.geometricBounds[3]];
} else {
alert("Image not found: " + fileName);
}
}

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

@jeroen358946423v9n

Your code isn't checking if there is enough pages in the document.

You would have to add check if number of pages in the document is larger or equal to pageNumber and add pages if not - or set number of pages in the document's properties. 

[jeroen358946423v9n]

Dear Robert Tkaczyk thank you for your answer. Not sure if i understand it but i tried to add this: " while (doc.pages.length < pageNumber) {
doc.pages.add(); " However that failed so now i try to get a workaround that simply indesign puts from a folder automatically withouth a .csv file. 

I made the below, but i get no message whatever from indesign. not a fault code nor action that takes place.

the folder is just on my desktop and made path to the folder with images exact, not relative.

Thanks in advance for your answer, jeroen

var imageFolderPath = new Folder("/C:/Users/xxxx/Documents/Afbeeldingen");

var imageFiles = imageFolderPath.getFiles();

var doc = app.activeDocument;for (var i = 0; i < imageFiles.length; i++) {
var imageFile = imageFiles[i];while (doc.pages.length < i + 1) {
doc.pages.add(); 
}

var page = doc.pages[i]; 

if (imageFile.exists) {
var imageFrame = page.rectangles.add(); 
imageFrame.place(imageFile); 
imageFrame.fit(FitOptions.PROPORTIONALLY);

var textFrame = page.textFrames.add();
textFrame.contents = imageFile.name;
textFrame.geometricBounds = [imageFrame.geometricBounds[2], imageFrame.geometricBounds[1], imageFrame.geometricBounds[2] + 20, imageFrame.geometricBounds[3]];
} else {
alert("Afbeelding niet gevonden: " + imageFile.name);
}
}

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

Dear Robert Tkaczyk thank you for your answer. Not sure if i understand it but i tried to add this: " while (doc.pages.length < pageNumber) {
doc.pages.add(); " However that failed[...]

By jeroen358946423v9n

Failed how / where?

[jeroen358946423v9n]

While adding to my initial script: " while (doc.pages.length < pageNumber) {
doc.pages.add(); "    i still got an error message regarding line: " var page = doc.pages[pageNumber - 1]; "

the error message contains: " Object does not support the property or method 'Nan' .  That was what i ment about me failing. Kind regards, jeroen

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

While adding to my initial script: " while (doc.pages.length < pageNumber) {
doc.pages.add(); "    i still got an error message regarding line: " var page = doc.pages[pageNumber - 1]; "

the error message contains: " Object does not support the property or method 'Nan' .  That was what i ment about me failing. Kind regards, jeroen

By jeroen358946423v9n

I think, in this case, 'Nan' refers to the value of the pageNumber.

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

While adding to my initial script: " while (doc.pages.length < pageNumber) {
doc.pages.add(); "    i still got an error message regarding line: " var page = doc.pages[pageNumber - 1]; "

the error message contains: " Object does not support the property or method 'Nan' .  That was what i ment about me failing. Kind regards, jeroen

By jeroen358946423v9n

I think, in this case, 'Nan' refers to the value of the pageNumber.

I'm not JS guy and I don't know what is the best tool to step-by-step debug JS code - but you can always add:

alert(some_variable); 

or

alert(some_variable.length); 

after every

var some_variable = something;

to see what is the assigned value - or number of elements.

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

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jeroen358946423v9n wrote:

Dear Robert Tkaczyk thank you for your answer. Not sure if i understand it but i tried to add this: " while (doc.pages.length < pageNumber) {
doc.pages.add(); " However that failed so now i try to get a workaround that simply indesign puts from a folder automatically withouth a .csv file. 

I made the below, but i get no message whatever from indesign. not a fault code nor action that takes place.

the folder is just on my desktop and made path to the folder with images exact, not relative.

Thanks in advance for your answer, jeroen

var imageFolderPath = new Folder("/C:/Users/xxxx/Documents/Afbeeldingen");

var imageFiles = imageFolderPath.getFiles();

var doc = app.activeDocument;for (var i = 0; i < imageFiles.length; i++) {
var imageFile = imageFiles[i];while (doc.pages.length < i + 1) {
doc.pages.add(); 
}

var page = doc.pages[i]; 

if (imageFile.exists) {
var imageFrame = page.rectangles.add(); 
imageFrame.place(imageFile); 
imageFrame.fit(FitOptions.PROPORTIONALLY);

var textFrame = page.textFrames.add();
textFrame.contents = imageFile.name;
textFrame.geometricBounds = [imageFrame.geometricBounds[2], imageFrame.geometricBounds[1], imageFrame.geometricBounds[2] + 20, imageFrame.geometricBounds[3]];
} else {
alert("Afbeelding niet gevonden: " + imageFile.name);
}
}

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Add this "checkpoint":

alert(imageFiles.length);

after

var imageFolderPath = new Folder("/C:/Users/xxxx/Documents/Afbeeldingen");
var imageFiles = imageFolderPath.getFiles();

alert(imageFiles.length);

[jeroen358946423v9n]

Dear Robert,

It did not work out but thank you anyway for your help. For now i will try to figure it out and learn more about javascript in relation to indesign so my base of understanding will grow. If i fix it later i will post it here for sure. Kind regards, jeroen

[rob day]

Hi @cafefatbear , Not sure if this helps, but you don’t need to construct a a frame for the images, if you place them directly on the page their parent would be a container frame with the same bounds.

So you could simplify and add pages as needed (when .isValid returns as false). Something like this:

var f = Folder.selectDialog("Select the folder containing the images", ""); 
if(f != null){ 
    var fl = f.getFiles(/\.(jpg|jpeg|eps|pdf|png|indd|tif|gif|psd|ai)$/i); 
}

//the script’s measurement unit
app.scriptPreferences.measurementUnit = MeasurementUnits.POINTS;
var doc = app.activeDocument;
var p, img, tf;
for (var i = 0; i < fl.length; i++){
    //add a page if needed
    if (doc.pages[i].isValid) {
        p = doc.pages[i]
    } else {
        p = doc.pages.add()
    }
    //place the image on the page—the image’s container frame would be img[0].parent
    img = p.place(fl[i]);
    //make a text frame below the image with the file name as contents
    tf = p.textFrames.add({geometricBounds:[img[0].geometricBounds[2], 
        img[0].geometricBounds[1], 
        img[0].geometricBounds[2] + 20, 
        img[0].geometricBounds[3]], 
        contents:fl[i].name})
};   

//reset
app.scriptPreferences.measurementUnit = AutoEnum.AUTO_VALUE;

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

@rob day 

This thread is 4 years old - you should take a look at @jeroen358946423v9n's posts.